We invent a "startup culture" archetype (and strawman) to which to ascribe things that no one actually believes and are easy to disagree with. We then disagree with it. And then we, and everyone who upvotes us, feels like clear-thinking contrarians for pointing out the obvious flaws that lots of people (read: no one) believe.
Wait, are you implying that nobody actually thinks VC funding round press releases are newsworthy?
Because that's obviously not true based on the fact that they get posted and upvoted regularly.
Yeah nobody might be out there going "Geez I'd love to see more stories about VC funding.", but people are reprinting them and upvoting them. And that's the behavior I was saying should stop.
We invent a "startup culture" archetype (and strawman) to which to ascribe things that no one actually believes and are easy to disagree with. We then disagree with it. And then we, and everyone who upvotes us, feels like clear-thinking contrarians for pointing out the obvious flaws that lots of people (read: no one) believe.